Randidly grinned to break the mood Sorry to barge in on you like this but I wanted to spend some time focusing on these people trying to infiltrate Kharon Do you mind if I ask a few questions
Of course not sir Derek Moss responded immediately His arm twitched as though he was going to salute Randidly but he suppressed it RandidlyÆs smile widened marginally one of his strongest beliefs was that he didnÆt want to turn the Order Ducis into a military organization A salute was only a small part of that but Randidly was pleased that Derek had curbed this habit so quickly
IÆve read the reports Randidly lied imagining Tatiana shaking her head sorrowfully But I want more information about their attitude Or their images at the time immediately prior to capture or immediately after How were they behaving Was there anything unusual
Hydie and Derek exchanged a glance Both of their brows were furrowed in thought Hydie busied herself by moving to the chair she knocked over and setting it back on its feet For a second it looked like she was going to return to her seat in the chair but then seemed to recall RandidlyÆs presence and just swayed like she was drunk Eventually Derek shook his head Their image was just that of clearly intending to harm Kharon Otherwise we wouldnÆt have caught them nothing sticks out to me other than the fact they all came quietly when confronted
Randidly nodded Then he glanced at Hydie
She felt his gaze and visibly flinched Then she made a very overt show of considering the question carefully But the more she thought the more the lines of her face curved into a frown I donÆt know if itÆs worth mentioning but usually when we caught them they would burst into tears About half of them cried wouldnÆt you say
She glanced at Derek and he nodded slowly Then Hydie shrugged It didnÆt have anything to do with an image but they were all rather pathetic when it came down to it Helpless almost I IÆve felt like that in the past so
Randidly breathed out through his nose and considered that perspective The helplessness was interesting to note but it largely just conveyed that they werenÆt serious threats to Kharon on their face Perhaps if they didnÆt have the opportunity to come to the city the negative feelings would have withered and died naturally The reasons that these people had come here were rather mundane grievances after all
Randidly spared one last narrowed glance for Hydie before turning away IÆll keep that in mind In the meantime if you remember anything else please let me know And thank you both for the hard work
Yes sir Both replied Then Derek offered a small smile Honestly IÆm not so good at image detection Most of the work was done by the moss spirits I do recall having an impression of what Hydie is talking about I almost wish I could share my memory with you so you could view it yourself Maybe then you could learn more
Randidly opened his mouth to say something polite but he froze Because the rope wrapped around his right wrist twinged just slightly Frozen with his gaze on Derek RandidlyÆs Willpower reached out and touched his Dreamcatcher of the Long Night And the Fate proudly told him that it could accept donated memories from other individuals although there was a cost to doing so
You seriously waited until now to tell me RandidlyÆs mouth twitched Is that why the Leveling of the Fatepiece stopped in the seventies no matter how much I used it I had been focusing on thinking through definitions and functions of Dreamcatchers to unlock the rest but what if the operative words were Long NightÆ
This Fate is an extension of my Class It was an object made to accomplish the dream of my existence and a large part of that dream is Earth So the Long Night isnÆt just the troubles I face but the troubles of the entire Earth This dreamcatcher could contain the memories of many individuals hell do I even need to keep it on my person
Congratulations Your Fatepiece Dreamcatcher of the Long Night has grown to Level 72
Suddenly RandidlyÆs eyes widened further And we had already been designing keystones to act as focal points for images of weakness within Kharon Academy If the weight of memory could be added to that as well
Congratulations Your Fatepiece Dreamcatcher of the Long Night has grown to Level 73
Congratulations Your Fatepiece Dreamcatcher of the Long Night has grown to Level 81
Ahem Derek coughed lightly at the look of stunned surprise on RandidlyÆs face Is something the matter
No just some good news RandidlyÆs mouth curved into a smile There actually is a way for you to donate your memories to me
Chapter 1432
Despite his excitement Randidly watched the process of donation very carefully He was rather wary of the DreamcatcherÆs rather flippant admittance that there was a mysterious costÆ And while it clearly gave the impression that it was possible it included no guidance to what that cost might be So when Derek pressed his hand against the three dimensional rope Dreamcatcher RandidlyÆs Grim Intuition was pushed to his limit to watch this potential member of the Order Ducis
And as it turned out the costÆ was something rather valuable but it was something that Randidly knew would gradually recover The donation required that same emotional weight that Randidly had divvied up between his drops of liquid Aether and his physical improvements while in the Dungeon But luckily it didnÆt seem to require an extremely large amount of emotional weight
The problem was that Derek Moss wasnÆt Randidly So even this small cost left him rather pale and wan looking DerekÆs formerly robust and steadfast image had been reduced to a ghost of itself by the process Randidly put his hand on the manÆs shoulder and squeezed passing a thin vein of golden energy into his body You likely feel pretty weak right now but that should pass in a day or so Unfortunately you were the guinea pig so I didnÆt know what to expect
Ha IÆm just glad to help Derek said with a reassuring smile Randidly left it at that but he would devote a portion of his awareness toward Derek to make sure that the healing was a simple a process as he made it out to be If the recovery depended on the total amount of emotional energy Derek might remain this way for quite some time
Just as Randidly was leaving HydieÆs hesitant voice stopped him Do you do you want to take my memory too
Randidly glanced over his shoulder at her and turned around after seeing the firm line of her mouth while I donÆt think itÆs strictly necessary it may be valuable But are you willing to endure the cost As you can see from Mr Moss it isnÆt a small thing
Hydie Mordath glanced sideways at Derek Yet more than the heaviness in her gaze it was HydieÆs image that had RandidlyÆs attention
Even if itÆs difficult IÆd like to contribute In real time Randidly watched Hydie MordathÆs image rapidly progress in front of him The ethereal figure at the center of a web of misfortune gradually sharpened before his focus until it was a regal and austere Hydie that looked down on the surrounding world with grey eyes She seemed to be even more deeply mired in the threads of unluckiness that extended from her fingers but she seemed to have a measure of control over them that wasnÆt present before
In fact the hands of the figure in the image tightened on those strings Her aura was gradually weaving itself together into a tighter net She could never escape being inexorably tied to misfortune but she didnÆt need to let that rule her As the details of the image slowly harmonized with each other Randidly sensed a drastic change in power from the young woman in front of him
And strangely that similarity that Randidly had noticed early in HydieÆs image that likely stemmed from the same source as those malcontents was erased as she found her own Path forward That hint that she too had been nudged into coming into the Order Ducis vanished as if it had never been present
But does that mean that sheÆs no longer a danger to the Order Ducis or that sheÆs just blending exceeding well A suspicious part of Randidly mused But out loud he nodded solemnly to Hydie Well then thank you More data is exactly what we need right now